Gallicism

American  

[gal-uh-siz-uhm] / ˈgæl əˌsɪz əm /

Or gallicism

noun

1. a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.

2. a feature that is characteristic of or peculiar to the French language.

3. a custom or trait considered to be characteristically French.

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Gallicism British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

1. a word or idiom borrowed from French

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Etymology

Origin of Gallicism

First recorded in 1650–60; from French gallicisme; see Gallic, -ism

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Example Sentences

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Gallicism

This last, however, may be a Gallicism, from étaler.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various

English he seemed to write as readily as French, although a strong Gallicism would every now and then slip from his pen, as it slipped from his tongue.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various

But this association proved so helpless that it could not even hinder the invasion of Gallicism in the eighteenth century.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt

A phrase introduced from France is called a Gallicism; from England, an Anglicism.

From Practical Exercises in English by Huber Gray Buehler

It is a Gallicism from the      French "defendre."

From Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 24: September/October 1663 by Mynors Bright

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